Golden determination
Deborah Compagnoni had numerous injuries and serious illnesses throughout her career. She had to endure four knee operations, an acute kidney infection and a serious intestinal blockage. At her first Games in Albertville in 1992, she took the gold in the super-G. The Italian then concentrated on the technical events and won the giant slalom in Lillehammer in 1994. She repeated this achievement in the same event at the Nagano Games in 1998 and thus became the first female skier to win gold at three different editions of the Games.   Become a fan